Columbia’s Student Programming Board has begun to get the word out about its annual Biggest Mouth talent competition,to be held next April, by creating a promotional video starring Vice President of Student Affairs Mark Kelly, also known as emcee “Hell Yeah.”Biggest Mouth is a student showcase in which 12 to 15 of Columbia’s top performers compete for cash and prizes. Next year’s event will be at Metro, 3730 N. Clark ...

Prairie Avenue Gallery’s groans and creeks quickly tell visitors that a century’s worth of feet have stepped upon its floor. With its reopening six months ago and the premier of its new exhibit, “Indie/South Indie Show,” the house has begun talking more, whispering “everything old is new again.”The gallery, 1900 S. Prairie Ave., is on the first floor of an old stone mansion built in 1870 on the historical Prai...